The Crazy Old Lady's Revenge (Beacon Hill Chronicles)

Novella (39k words) Psychological / horror - Beacon Hill Chronicles: Volume 2 - Sequel to "The Crazy Old Lady in the Attic." Vivienne Lang grew up with Mattie Thorndike and, when the reunite, she is drawn into a bizarre series of events, including meeting a sexy former cop and a growing number of bodies of people once connected to Mattie's Beacon Hill townhouse. More

Novella (39k words) Psychological / horror - Beacon Hill Chronicles: Volume 2 Growing up in her grandparent's apartment in Boston's Theater District, Vivienne Lang spent much of her childhood in the Beacon Hill townhouse of her best friend, Mattie Thorndike. Then Vivienne's life was uprooted and, by the time she returned to Boston, she was deeply changed. Now, she spends her time taking care of her grandfather and studying martial arts - a lonely and reclusive woman - until she reads a newspaper article about a body buried in the garden of Mattie's home. She and Mattie reconnect but within days of their reunion the realtor showing the townhouse is found in the servants' stairwell with a broken neck. Then the old housekeeper, Nell, is found floating, face down, in the ocean. As more bodies turn up, Vivienne becomes deeply involved in inexplicable circumstances including meeting a handsome, sexy ex-cop named Joe Quinn, and a strange, yarn shop-owner who calls herself Madame Defarge. And she suspects that someone is stalking Mattie. (Volume 1 is The Crazy Old Lady in the Attic.)

Kathleen Valentine is the author of three novels--The Old Mermaid's Tale, Each Angel Burns, and Depraved Heart and numerous short stories and novellas. Her Beacon Hill Chronicles--including The Crazy Old Lady in the Attic, The Crazy Old Lady's Revenge, and The Crazy Old Lady Unleashed--are Amazon Top Sellers. She has also written "The Mermaid Shawl & other Beauties: Shawls, Cocoons and Wraps", a collection of her own lace knitting designs. Her blog at KathleenValentineBlog.com has been read by thousands of readers since its beginning in July 2005. Her most recent work includes The Whiskey Bottle in the Wall: Secrets of Marienstadt and The Monday Night Needlework and Murder Guild. She has been listed as an Amazon Top 100 Author in Horror. Her novellas, "The Crazy Old Lady in the Attic" and "Ghosts of a Beach Town in Winter" were Amazon Top Ten Best Sellers in Horror and Ghost Stories for over 20 weeks.

She currently lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts, America's oldest seaport, and is writing every day.